American Seth Wescott became the first Olympic champion in the snowboardcross. There were many crashes, collisions and hits on the 3,100 foot-long course.
Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal for failing a drug test. Pyleva, who won silver at the 15km event Monday, was scratched just before the start of 7.5km sprint, in which she was considered a leading medal contender. France's Florence Baverel-Robert won the sprint. The only favorite to reach the podium was Anna Carin Oloffson of Sweden, who won silver. Ukraine's Lilia Efremova took the bronze. Germany's Wilhelm, the World Cup leader, who won the event in Salt Lake City, was 7th and Disl, the most decorated female biathlete in Olympic history with eight medals, was 34th.
Mario Stecher erased a 20-second deficit during the final leg of the cross-country relay race to lead Austria to the Olympic gold medal in the Nordic combined team event. Austria won the bronze in Salt Lake City with the same team of Stecher, Felix Gottwald, Christoph Bieler and Michael Gruber, but their win in Torino wasn't a surprise as Stecher, Gottwald and Bieler are all in the top five in the current World Cup standings. Norway is the world champion in the event but had to pull out because four of its athletes are ill.
Estonia's pride - Kristina Smigun took the lead by the 7-kilometer mark in the interval start women’s 10km classical cross-country race Thursday, earning her second gold in as many events after winning the 15km pursuit Sunday. Three Norwegians were in the top four, but the favorite - Bjorgen, the World Cup leader - lost again and got only silver.
Yevgeny Plushenko totally dominated men's figure skating. Despite his unemotional program, he finished 27.12 points ahead of Lambiel from Switzerland, the world champion. U.S. champion Johnny Weir had too many errors and finished 5th, passed by Canadian Jeffrey Buttle who took bronze and own teammate - Evan Lysacek.
In men's hockey, the Swiss, who have just two NHL players in their lineup, upset the world champion Czechs, winning 3-2.
Results
Biathlon: Women's 7.5km Sprint
Gold BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence, France
Silver OLOFSSON Anna Carin, Sweden
Bronze EFREMOVA Lilia, Ukraine
Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 10km Classical
Gold SMIGUN Kristina, Estonia
Silver BJORGEN Marit, Norway
Bronze G. PEDERSEN Hilde, Norway
Snowboarding: Men's Snowboard Cross
Gold WESCOTT Seth, USA
Silver ZIDEK Radoslav, Slovakia
Bronze DELERUE Paul-Henri, France
Nordic Combined: Team
Gold GRUBER Michael-STECHER Mario-GOTTWALD Felix-BIELER Christoph, Austria
Silver GAISER Jens-KIRCHEISEN Bjoern-ACKERMANN Ronny-HETTICH Georg, Germany
Bronze KOIVURANTA Anssi-KUISMA Antti-MANNINEN Hannu-TALLUS Jaakko, Finland
Skeleton: Women's
Gold PEDERSEN Maya, Switzerland
Silver RUDMAN Shelley, Great Britain
Bronze HOLLINGSWORTH-RICHARDS Mellisa, Canada
Speed Skating: Men's Team Pursuit
Gold ANESI Matteo-DONAGRANDI Stefano-FABRIS Enrico-IORIATTI Ermanno-SANFRATELLO, Italy
Silver DANKERS Arne-ELM Steven-MORRISON Denny-PARKER Jason-WARSYLEWICZ Justin, Canada
Bronze DE JONG Bob-GROOTHUIS Stefan-KRAMER Sven-KUIPERS Simon-RITSMA Rintje-TUITERT Mark-VERHEIJEN Carl-WENNEMARS Erben, Netherlands
Speed Skating: Women's Team Pursuit
Gold ANSCHUETZ THOMS Daniela-FRIESINGER Anni-OPITZ Lucille-PECHSTEIN Claudia-VOELKER Sabine, Germany
Silver GROVES Kristina-HUGHES Clara-KLASSEN Cindy-NESBITT Christine-REMPEL Shannon, Canada
Bronze ABRAMOVA Yekaterina-BARYSHEVA Varvara-LIKHACHOVA Galina-LOBYSHEVA Yekaterina-VYSOKOVA Svetlana-YAKSHINA Valentina, Russia
Figure Skating: Men's
Gold PLUSHENKO Yevgeny, Russia
Silver LAMBIEL Stephane, Switzerland
Bronze BUTTLE Jeffrey, Canada
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Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal for failing a drug test. Pyleva, who won silver at the 15km event Monday, was scratched just before the start of 7.5km sprint, in which she was considered a leading medal contender. France's Florence Baverel-Robert won the sprint. The only favorite to reach the podium was Anna Carin Oloffson of Sweden, who won silver. Ukraine's Lilia Efremova took the bronze. Germany's Wilhelm, the World Cup leader, who won the event in Salt Lake City, was 7th and Disl, the most decorated female biathlete in Olympic history with eight medals, was 34th.
Mario Stecher erased a 20-second deficit during the final leg of the cross-country relay race to lead Austria to the Olympic gold medal in the Nordic combined team event. Austria won the bronze in Salt Lake City with the same team of Stecher, Felix Gottwald, Christoph Bieler and Michael Gruber, but their win in Torino wasn't a surprise as Stecher, Gottwald and Bieler are all in the top five in the current World Cup standings. Norway is the world champion in the event but had to pull out because four of its athletes are ill.
Estonia's pride - Kristina Smigun took the lead by the 7-kilometer mark in the interval start women’s 10km classical cross-country race Thursday, earning her second gold in as many events after winning the 15km pursuit Sunday. Three Norwegians were in the top four, but the favorite - Bjorgen, the World Cup leader - lost again and got only silver.
Yevgeny Plushenko totally dominated men's figure skating. Despite his unemotional program, he finished 27.12 points ahead of Lambiel from Switzerland, the world champion. U.S. champion Johnny Weir had too many errors and finished 5th, passed by Canadian Jeffrey Buttle who took bronze and own teammate - Evan Lysacek.
In men's hockey, the Swiss, who have just two NHL players in their lineup, upset the world champion Czechs, winning 3-2.
Results
Biathlon: Women's 7.5km Sprint
Gold BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence, France
Silver OLOFSSON Anna Carin, Sweden
Bronze EFREMOVA Lilia, Ukraine
Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 10km Classical
Gold SMIGUN Kristina, Estonia
Silver BJORGEN Marit, Norway
Bronze G. PEDERSEN Hilde, Norway
Snowboarding: Men's Snowboard Cross
Gold WESCOTT Seth, USA
Silver ZIDEK Radoslav, Slovakia
Bronze DELERUE Paul-Henri, France
Nordic Combined: Team
Gold GRUBER Michael-STECHER Mario-GOTTWALD Felix-BIELER Christoph, Austria
Silver GAISER Jens-KIRCHEISEN Bjoern-ACKERMANN Ronny-HETTICH Georg, Germany
Bronze KOIVURANTA Anssi-KUISMA Antti-MANNINEN Hannu-TALLUS Jaakko, Finland
Skeleton: Women's
Gold PEDERSEN Maya, Switzerland
Silver RUDMAN Shelley, Great Britain
Bronze HOLLINGSWORTH-RICHARDS Mellisa, Canada
Speed Skating: Men's Team Pursuit
Gold ANESI Matteo-DONAGRANDI Stefano-FABRIS Enrico-IORIATTI Ermanno-SANFRATELLO, Italy
Silver DANKERS Arne-ELM Steven-MORRISON Denny-PARKER Jason-WARSYLEWICZ Justin, Canada
Bronze DE JONG Bob-GROOTHUIS Stefan-KRAMER Sven-KUIPERS Simon-RITSMA Rintje-TUITERT Mark-VERHEIJEN Carl-WENNEMARS Erben, Netherlands
Speed Skating: Women's Team Pursuit
Gold ANSCHUETZ THOMS Daniela-FRIESINGER Anni-OPITZ Lucille-PECHSTEIN Claudia-VOELKER Sabine, Germany
Silver GROVES Kristina-HUGHES Clara-KLASSEN Cindy-NESBITT Christine-REMPEL Shannon, Canada
Bronze ABRAMOVA Yekaterina-BARYSHEVA Varvara-LIKHACHOVA Galina-LOBYSHEVA Yekaterina-VYSOKOVA Svetlana-YAKSHINA Valentina, Russia
Figure Skating: Men's
Gold PLUSHENKO Yevgeny, Russia
Silver LAMBIEL Stephane, Switzerland
Bronze BUTTLE Jeffrey, Canada
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